Photo of the Day - Thursday 15 April 2010

Kevin Jackson

Hi James, with a trough passing over the South Island on the afternoon on 24 March 2010, conditions were good for Cb development in the Dunedin area. I have attached a group of three photos taken about 7 minutes apart, the first being at 15:50, the third (shown here) at 16:04. The view is looking northeast from Fairfield towards the southern environs of the city. Winds at all levels were from the westerly quarter, so the cloud is moving slightly towards the right of frame. The development of the 'anvil' on the cumulus tower on the left is shown merging with an earlier anvil on the right of the picture. The picture shown here shows the merge complete, and appearing as one large anvil. The Cb cell (struggled) to produce only clap of thunder. Camera is Fuji Finepix S5700 on auto. I check your site at least once daily. The photographs are definitely a highlight and are a valuable addition' wrote Kevin.

Photo of the Day - Wednesday 14 April 2010

Arnold Mason

Arnold's photo was taken at 07:46 on 30 March 2010, he wrote 'sunrise through a fog bank looking east towards Mt Starvell. We are at an altitude of 180 metres. 1/50sec, F3.4, Sony DSC-W120.'

Photo of the Day - Tuesday 13 April 2010

Geoff Cloake

Geoff's photograph was taken at 14:44 on 4 April 2010, he wrote 'the wingtip vortices attracted my attention during a brief period at the Warbirds over Wanaka Airshow this Easter. On checking later, I found this propellor vortice making this photo of the rare Lavochkin La-9 fighter plane even more unique.'

Photo of the Day - Monday 12 April 2010

Pete Kirby

Pete wrote 'as our family were the festival photographers of the Balloons Over Waikato, we were lucky to see many special sights with both foggy and clear days.
This photo was shot at 09:00 on 28 March 2010 from the Hamilton Club balloon ZK-RYB and shows the shadow of my balloon on the ground and one on the fog below. Canon 50D, Iso 200, 1/320 F10. We love your site - and like the daily changes. Keep it up. Regards Pete Kirby, Hamilton.'

We showed Bronwyn's beautiful photograph on 9 April 2010. If you are interested in seeing more of the Kirby's photographs of the balloon festival click here. (JMcG)

Photo of the Day - Sunday 11 April 2010

Stefan Marks

'Titirangi Village Market happens every last Sunday of the month. This was taken on 28 March 2010. The weather was nice and sunny, and the cloud formations were quite interesting throughout the day. The picture was taken with a Nikon D80, ISO 200, f8.0, 1/80s, circular polarizer, southerly direction' wrote Stefan.

Photo of the Day - Saturday 10 April 2010

Robert Kattenberg

Robert's photograph was taken at 15:00 on 4 April 2010, he wrote 'edge of a southern front arriving at Kapiti Island.'

Photo of the Day - Friday 9 April 2010

Bronwyn Kirby (12 years old)

This photograph was sent in by Pete Kirby, he wrote 'shot by Bronwyn, one of the Balloons Over Waikato festival photographers. Bronwyn captured both her balloon shadow with a halo in the fog and another balloon and its shadow near Horsham Downs, north Hamilton. Bronwyn used a five year old Panasonic FZ30, Iso80, 1/400sec, F5.6. Photo was taken at 09:00 on 28 March 2010.'

This beautifully composed photograph shows a very fine example of a glory. Glories form directly opposite to the sun and are centred on the antisolar point. They are caused by the backscattering of sunlight by small water droplets in clouds or fogs. Glories can often be seen from above the clouds around the shadow of aeroplanes. Glories can also be seen in lower lying fog or mist from the tops of mountains or mountain ridges. (JMcG)

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